Japan received its first gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles as the host country’s team smashed China’s winning streak. A surprising turn of events: Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito bested China’s Xu ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s dynamic duo of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito narrowly defeated long-invincible Chinese pair Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen to give the host country their first Olympic table tennis gold in ...

For only the second time since 1992, a country besides China has claimed gold in an Olympic table tennis event. Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito interrupted China’s decades-long run of dominance in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - China won the Olympic women's team table tennis gold medal on Thursday after a 3-0 victory over Japan in the final, continuing the country's undefeated streak in the event. The ...

Japan's Mima Ito, left, and Jun Mizutani react during the table tennis mixed doubles gold medal match against China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo ...

So let's start with the outlier, as Japan won mixed doubles behind Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito, winners of three other medals on home soil. China won the first two sets in the best-of-seven series but ...

Japanese table tennis star Mima Ito said she's ready to play without fans at the Tokyo Olympics, as long as it means the ... Already a Barron's subscriber? Sign In ...

TAIPEI (AFP) – Twelve-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy Mima Ito has set her sights on challenging China's hegemony at the next Olympics after once again wowing audiences in Taiwan. Ito won the ...

Japanese medal favourite Mima Ito outplayed her Portuguese rival on Tuesday to move into the Round of 16 of the Olympic women's singles competition. By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) - ...

Fifteen-year-old Mima Ito showed the composure of a veteran to lead Japan's women to the table tennis team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Singapore. Japan, which ...

Ito Mima of Japan serves during the women's singles 3rd place final between Ito Mima of Japan and Han Ying of Germany at the 2020 ITTF women's world cup in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Nov.